On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:45:42 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

I'm talking about disks where there are both CD and SACD versions of the
same music. What about DSOTM - does that have differently mastered versions
on it then?

Keith, you're a nice chap and all that, but there's no reason to be
quite so naive. Do the SACD and CD layers on DSotM have different
masters? Of course they ****ing do, otherwise they wouldn't sound
different, would they?

What is more likely:
1. A multi-tracked and hugely overdubbed analogue recording from the
early seventies contains more than 96dB of resolution.
2. The record company, which has a vested interest in pretending that
SACD sounds better, arranges things so that it does.

My money is on (2).

Of course, it is quite possible that in the future, all SACDs *will*
sound better than their corresponding CDs, but it will due to cynical
adjustments to the mastering, not anything to do with the intrinsic
capabilities of the formats. And as usual, it will be the buying
public that loses out.